At least nine people have been killed and 14 others wounded in heavy shelling in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to a human rights group.
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, emerged from a hospital for the first time Friday since seeking medical attention more than a month ago.
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Gunmen in southern Philippines have released the remaining 45 hostages, ending a three-day crisis that began when the kidnappers raided a school in a small village late last week.
An explosion in a house in southern Pakistan killed six people Friday morning, police said.
Two British soldiers and a Spanish soldier were killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, the British and Spanish Defense Ministries said.
In a remarkable comeback, former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich seems set to become the president of Ukraine — five years after he was ousted in a populist pro-Western uprising dubbed the “Orange Revolution.”
A Pakistani court Friday extended the custody of five Americans for an additional 10 days to allow time for police to complete investigations.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il greeted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Pyongyang airport, kicking off a three-day visit to the reclusive nation o draw North Korea back to six-party nuclear disarmament talks.
Oscar-winners Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar and Martin Scorsese have “demanded the immediate release” of fellow filmmaker Roman Polanski, who was arrested in Switzerland on a U.S. arrest warrant related to a 1977 child sex charge.
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China has invited reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to visit at his convenience, state media in both countries reported.
A proposed partnership between the French government and Google is stoking fears in France that the country’s literary treasures will fall under commercial control of a U.S. technology company.
Defending champion Serena Williams survived a test of nerves on Thursday to edge past Li Na and return to the women’s singles finals at the Australian Open.
The Chinese government is trying to find the parents of these 60 homeless children, some of them so young that they had not yet developed the strength to hold their own heads up.
American student Amanda Knox took the stand for a second time, telling jurors in her Italian murder trial she is not an “assassin” who killed her former roommate.
U.S. President Barack Obama huddled with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday, the final day of his visit to China, continuing a theme of cooperation between the two nations and development of mutual interests.
On a steamy Wednesday afternoon in October, a well-worn jeep pulls off the pock-marked dirt road and ambles to a stop in the tall grass. This is not a respite, it’s an arrival.
The UK scientist at the center of a controversy surrounding e-mails leaked from a leading UK climate research unit has admitted the strain of the affair led him to consider suicide.
Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his election opponent, Abdullah Abdullah (pictured), have broken down, a Western source close to the Afghan leadership told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.
Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, sporting a foam clown nose, landed back on Earth after a $35 million working vacation at the international space station, a Russian report said.
Golf legend Gary Player has told CNN that 20-year-old Rory McIlroy “has the world at his feet” after the Northern Ireland ace claimed his seventh top-10 finish from eight stroke play events with a third-place finish in Abu Dhabi.
The Afghan government’s plan to reintegrate Taliban members into law-abiding society got strong support at a conference held in London, England.
In an event considered rare, one of India’s low-caste communities declares its own distinct religion. Followers of a 14-century spiritual figure, Guru Ravidass, will now have their own holy scriptures, a flag and a greeting.
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Taliban leaders have claimed responsibility for a wave of suicide bombings that have battered the Pakistani city of Peshawar. The militants also vow to carry out more attacks in the future.
A train collision in northern India kills at least 22 people early Wednesday. The Goa Express slammed into the stationary Mewar Express apparently because the driver overshot a signal, a spokesman for India’s northern railway said.
A massive dust storm swept through parts of southern Australia on Wednesday, bathing them in a reddish haze and prompting health officials to warn asthma patients to take cover.
Eurostar rail services remain suspended for a third day as the cross-channel operator works to fix a fault which caused a series of breakdowns blamed on winter weather.
The trial of controversial Zimbabwean politician Roy Bennett took a new twist Tuesday when prosecutors told the judge they wanted to impeach their star witness.
A top commander in Somalia’s hard-line Islamist militant group al-Shabaab was killed by his own guards, according to Somalia’s state radio.
Britain’s Finance Minister on Wednesday warned the European Union’s new French finance chief not to interfere with the City of London.
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A Pakistani court Monday gave police two weeks to prepare a case against five Americans whom police suspect of planning terrorist attacks.
Five people arrested in Pakistan had been reported missing in the United States, and police are confident they were planning terrorist acts, a Pakistani police official told CNN.
Filmmaker Roman Polanski was arrested on rape charges dating from the 1970s, the Zurich Film Festival announced Sunday.
Afghanistan is prepared to begin taking over security from international forces in some parts of the war-torn nation by the end of the year, President Hamid Karzai says.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown spent the night among troops in Afghanistan, the first time he stayed overnight in the war-torn nation.
French lawmakers passed a tough new measure to crack down on illegal downloading. The legislation would impose fines of up to 300,000 euros — the equivalent of about $440,000 — as well as possible prison terms for the illegal download of films or music.
The relatives of five British sailors whose boat apparently drifted into Iranian territorial waters last week voiced relief Wednesday as their sons arrived at a yacht club in Dubai.
Typhoon Parma crossed the northern tip of the already storm-battered Philippines on Saturday and early Sunday, triggering landslides that killed at least 12 people, local media reported. At least three other deaths related to the storms were confirmed earlier.
Marian Cilic will face second seed Novak Djokovic in the final of the China Open on Sunday after handing world No. 2 Rafael Nadal his first defeat in Beijing.
A male passenger and his wife were detained for questioning Sunday after a Dubai-bound flight from Mumbai, India was called back before take-off because of a security scare, the airline said.
The owners of the Greek ship Ariana, hijacked more than six months ago off the coast of Somalia, said Thursday it has been released.
William Kamkwamba dreamed of powering his village with the only resource that was freely available to him.
Nasir Rehman has been waiting 25 long years to resolve a land dispute case. In that time, he’s lost his mother, father and two children. He sold his house and a chunk of his land to pay for the dragging litigation.
It is the start of perhaps the most salacious chapter in China’s most sweeping crackdown on corruption in recent history — the trial of the most senior official implicated in an intricate web of mafia-style gangs.
The suicide bomber who killed eight people at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last week was a loner since childhood, his mother told CNN Thursday.
On the streets of Manila, flight attendant Lesly succinctly sums up her view on life: “Being positive and optimistic — it’s the only way. If you think too deeply about all the problems here, it’ll only get you down and stop you from doing anything — or make you want to leave.”
A Spanish judge indicted seven suspected Islamic militants Monday for allegedly helping some perpetrators of the Madrid train bombings in 2004 to flee Spain after the attacks, according to a copy of the order.
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Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest reigning monarch, has been hospitalized with fever and fatigue, the royal palace says.
Fifty-one children in a village in southeast China have been found to have high levels of lead in their blood, which authorities have linked to a battery factory, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
Authorities in Malaysia have seized more than 20,000 Bibles in recent months because they refer to God as “Allah,” Christian leaders said Thursday.
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Voters headed to polling stations Sunday for the second round of Ukraine’s presidential elections — a bitter battle between a populist prime minister and the man she once helped oust.
The United Nations on Thursday announced new security measures in Afghanistan in the aftermath of a militant attack on a guesthouse that killed five staff members and wounded nine.
The body of a United Nations worker, who had been missing for 24 years, has been found in eastern Lebanon, a representative of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday.
Nearly 90 percent of Afghan women suffer from domestic abuse, according to the United Nations Development Fund for Women. But there are fewer than a dozen shelters in Afghanistan, and abusers are rarely prosecuted or convicted.
A bridge and a water pipeline collapsed on a train passing underneath in western India on Friday, killing at least one and injuring six others, police said.
Germany will send 100 more troops to Afghanistan to help with reconstruction efforts in the war-ravaged nation, the defense ministry said Friday.